Cervical Screening NSWCervical cancer is one of the most preventable cancers—having a Pap test every two years is currently the best way to prevent it. Find out more about NSW Cervical Screening Program.

Why is this screening program important?

There were 5,295 new bowel cancer cases and 1,685 deaths in NSW during 2015. Bowel cancer is common—it kills more people in NSW than prostate cancer, breast cancer or melanoma.

If detected early, bowel cancer can be successfully treated in more than 90% of cases.

What are we trying to achieve?

If bowel screening participation rates in the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program increased to 60% in NSW and across Australia, up to 90,000 lives could be saved from bowel cancer over the next 40 years.

The National Bowel Cancer Screening Program offers free screening for bowel cancer to eligible Australians.

Screening every 2 years for all people aged 50–74 will be fully implemented by the National Bowel Cancer Screening Program by 2020.